British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned yesterday that she would not accept a deal with the European Union that would mean goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK would be subject to checks.more
The UK government on Friday announced it is extending a temporary visa scheme for foreign seasonal workers until the end of 2024, while it will gradually reduce the quota from 2023.
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Only 37 percent. young Poles aged 18-29 are optimistic about the future. Only Spaniards (35%) recorded a worse rate in the entire European Union, according to the report "Quality of life. The impact of COVID-19 on young people in the EU".more
Asylum claims in Germany rose by a third in the first nine months of the year, as migration to Europe resumed following last year's COVID lockdowns.more
The European Commission today announced that it is launching an infringement procedure against Poland in view of the ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court.more
European Medicines Agency (EMA) chief Emer Cooke said today that it is still unclear whether available vaccines against Covid-19 should be modified to work effectively against the Omicron variant of coronavirus.more
The European Commission today reported that it has adopted legislation that will make the EU digital COVID certificate valid for 9 months (270 days) "for intra-EU travel", rather than the current one year, following the primary vaccination for Covid-19. A booster dose will be required to renew the document.more
British Foreign Minister Liz Truss will also lead negotiations with the European Union on the reform of the Northern Ireland protocol, the British government announced yesterday evening.more
David Frost, the British minister responsible for relations with the EU, has resigned from his position in Boris Johnson's government, British media reported yesterday evening. The reason for the resignation is the disappointment with the government's policy in recent weeks.more
The authority set up to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK has appealed to the court against the decision of the Home Office to reapply for those with temporary settled status if they wish to obtain full status.more
EU rules allowing people to use their phone abroad as they do at home will be extended until 2032, negotiators from the Council and the European Parliament reached a preliminary agreement on Thursday. The current rules expire on 30 June 2022.more
Poland is the fifth largest producer of chocolate products in the European Union and the fourth largest exporter in the world. And Christmas is a harvest time for chocolate confectionery manufacturers - writes today's issue of "Rzeczpospolita".more
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said in an interview published today for the Financial Times that Poland should suspend payments to the EU budget and veto EU policies if Brussels intensifies the dispute and cuts funds for Warsaw.more
Britain has granted another 23 licences to French fishermen, a government spokesperson said Saturday, a day after a deadline set by Paris to resolve a post-Brexit battle over fishing rights.more
Fifteen European Union member states have agreed to take in a total of 40,000 refugees from Afghanistan, most of whom will go to Germany, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Ylva Johansson announced yesterday.more
Ireland will receive €920.4 million from the EU's Brexit mitigation fund, the European Commission announced yesterday. Ireland is the first country to be allocated the money and will be the biggest beneficiary of the €5.4 billion fund.more
In 2020, 1.3 million people died of cancer in Europe. We must be ambitious in our fight against this disease. We want health policy to be part of areas that are also dealt with by the EU institutions, argued European People's Party (EPP) MEPs at a press conference today.more
The EC wants member states to accept travellers vaccinated with preparations not used in the EU. At the same time, it plans to shorten the validity of the vaccination allowing entry into the EU to 9 months. Individual countries are still largely free to formulate their own rules for visitors.more
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned in an interview for BBC World released today that Russia is trying to destabilize the European Union in various ways in order to lead to its disintegration, and one of the ways of this destabilization is the migration crisis.more
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported today that mathematical models indicate that a new variant of the Omicron virus could account for more than half of infections in the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) in a few months.more
The European Commission has published an internal guide to "inclusive communication" with a list of terms to avoid in order not to offend anyone, writes the daily Le Figaro. These included "Christmas", "Mr", "Mrs" and "homosexual". After a wave of criticism, the EC said the document was not yet finished and would be revised.more
The European Commission proposed yesterday that priority should be given to people vaccinated against Covid-19 when travelling outside the EU. The final decision on this is to be taken by member states within the EU Council.more
The European Commission has today proposed to update the rules on the coordination of safe and free movement in the EU. Among the most important changes is a reduction in the validity of the vaccination certificate from 12 to 9 months. It will be possible to extend the validity of the document by taking a "booster dose" of the vaccine.more